‘Game of Thrones’

HBO has revealed run times for the shortened season eight of “Game of Thrones,” clocking in at 432 minutes total. The first two installments of the season will be the shortest, at 54 and 58 minutes respectively. From there, the season balloons out, with its longest episode at an hour and 22 minutes. Episode four runs for an hour and 18 minutes. The final two episodes of the series are both estimated to run for an hour and 20 minutes each. For years, creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss have referred to their series as a 70-hour film. With the final season runtime now revealed, the final “film” will play in a binge at a little over seven hours. The series returns April 14.

‘Mrs. Maisel’

THE creator and cast of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” — which begins filming season three March 20 in New York — spoke at PaleyFest on Friday night about whether 1950s housewife Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) is a feminist, the difficulty of receiving scripts the day before filming and Joel’s (Michael Zegen) villainy and redemption in season two, released in December.

Season three does not yet have a premiere date, and the show has yet to be renewed for a fourth season. Following the success of the first two seasons, several cast members received pay bumps in February, who could potentially earn up to US$300,000 per episode.